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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Ava's {Lilac & Warm Gray} Vintage Baptism Reception

It was our youngest daughter, Ava's turn to get baptized. I didn't want to buy another dress because I wanted Ava to wear the same dress my eldest daughter wore when she was baptized 4 years ago. However, I wanted to change up the look a bit to make it Ava's own graceful style by making the dress sleeveless. The overall event concept was centered on the white silk dupioni dress and vintage-style headband I bought from Etsy. The headband is made of raw silk with Swarovski Crystals accented all over and topped with a French netting overlay. This vintage style served as the perfect inspiration.

Ava's baptism reception was all about pure elegance...chic with a touch of modern & vintage sophistication. I chose a soft & beautiful color palette of lilac, slate gray, white and a touch of pink. The modern-vintage ambiance resonated throughout the day from the outfit to the chic & delish mini desserts table.

We hosted the reception at one of our favorite Thai restaurants in the area. Instead of giving out party favors, we made a donation in honor of our guests to the American Red Cross to support the reliefs efforts in Japan.

Lilac-colored hand calligraphed escort cards placed within various white vintage frames of different styles and sizes.

Photo by Me

Pocketfold invitation (Photo by Me)

All the floral centerpieces sat in assorted vintage milk glass compotes. The floral design was different for each centerpiece, which added texture in a non-cookie cutter way.

I wanted alternating centerpieces so I bought white wooden candleholders of various heights from IKEA. They were topped off with glass votives wrapped with vellum, which I stamped with a medium-sized peony stamp with pink ink.

Each table signage had different pictures of Ava from her newborn photo shoot, which were also shot by Stephy G.

Photo By Me

No party is complete without a dessert buffet table. We ordered various mini desserts and rented vintage pink and white cake platters and ruffled bowls from Sweet and Saucy. My husband built a backdrop for the dessert table. He wrapped the frame with gray fabric we bought at Joann's. I made a paper lace doily banner glued to lilac satin ribbon. The banner was pinned onto the backdrop to complete the vintage look. (Photo by Me)

The overall event concept was centered on the white silk dupioni dress from Strasburg Children and vintage-style headband I bought from Etsy. The headband is made of raw silk with Swarovski Crystals accented all over and topped with a French netting overlay. It was the perfect inspiration.